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TCFP FIRE INVESTIGATOR TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT SOLUTIONS ||100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION 1. Name some residential appliances that can cause a fire: - ANSWER Oven Coffee maker Toaster Can opener Refrigerator Dishwasher Microwave Space heater Electric blanket Air conditioner Hair dryer Iron Dryer Lighting 2. What is an exemplar? - ANSWER It is an example / exact copy of the product or item burned in the fire. It is for testing purposes. 3. What are some different explosion related injuries? - ANSWER Blast pressure Shrapnel Thermal (burns) Seismic effect injuries (building collapse) 4. What are the degrees of burns? - ANSWER First, red skin Second, blisters Third, full thickness - burns all the way through the skin Fourth, charring of underlying tissue like muscle and fat 5. What are methods of death in a fire? - ANSWER CO poisoning Hyperthermia (heat) Inhalation of hot gases Other toxins / soot / smoke Hypoxia (lack of oxygen) 6. What are the fundamental issues of a death investigation? - ANSWER Remains / Victim identification Cause of death Manner of death Victim activity Postmortem changes 7. What are the main motives for firesetting? - ANSWER Vandalism Excitement Revenge Crime concealment Profit Extremism 8. What is vandalism firesetting? - ANSWER Willfull and malicious mischief - often pressured by groups or peers 9. What is excitement firesetting? - ANSWER Thrill seeking Attention seeking Recognition Sexual gratification 10. What is revenge firesetting? - ANSWER Personal retaliation Societal retaliation Institutional retaliation (school, church, etc) Group retaliation 11. What is crime concealment firesetting? - ANSWER Murder concealment Burglary concealment Destruction of documents 12. What is extremism firesetting? - ANSWER Terrorism Riots or civil distrurbance 13. What are some things to examine in multiple confirmed incendiary fires? - ANSWER Geographic area Temporal frequency (time) Materials & Method of firesetting 14. What are some indicators of incendiary fires? - ANSWER Evidence of other crimes (crime concealment) Indicators of financial stress History of code violations Owner with multiple fires Over insurance Timed oppportunity (civil unrest, natural disaster) 15. Other indicators that a fire is incendiary: - ANSWER Remote locations Fire near service equipment / appliances Removal or replacement of contents prior to fire Entry blocked Sabotage of fire protection systems Multiple Fires Trailers Lack of fuel load / ignition sources Exotic accelerants Unsual fuel load burn injuries Incendiary devices 16. What is the difference between low order and high order explosions? - ANSWER Low order = less than the speed of sound, pushing / bulging damage, slow pressure rise 17. High order = faster than the speed of sound, breaking / shattering, long range missiles, rapid pressure rise 18. What is a seated explosion? - ANSWER Seated explosions have a blast crater in the center of the explosion. Generally caused by high explosives like TNT, PETN, RDX, ANFO. 19. combustion - ANSWER chemical process of oxidation that occurs at a rate fast enough to produce heat and usually light, in form of glow or flames 20. conduction - ANSWER heat transfer by direct contact 21. convection - ANSWER heat transfer by circulation via medium, such as gas or liquid 22. diffusion flame - ANSWER flame in which fuel and air mix or diffuse together at region of combustion 23. energy - ANSWER property of matter manifested as an ability to perform work, by moving an object against a force, or by transferring heat 24. exothermic reaction - ANSWER A reaction that releases energy in the form of heat 25. fire - ANSWER rapid oxidation process / chemical reaction resulting in evolution of light and heat in varying intensities 26. fire dynamics - ANSWER The detailed study of how chemistry, fire science, and the engineering disciplines of fluid mechanics and heat transfer interact to influence fire behavior. 27. fire point - ANSWER The temperature at which enough vapors are given off to support continuous burning. 28. flashover - ANSWER Stage of a fire at which all surfaces and objects within a space have been heated to their ignition temperature, and flame breaks out almost at once over the surface of all objects in the space. 29. What do fluorescent lights and HID lights have in common? - ANSWER They all have ballasts, which can fail and cause a fire.

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TCFP FIRE INVESTIGATOR TEST
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
SOLUTIONS ||100% GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION>



1. Name some residential appliances that can cause a fire: - ANSWER ✔ Oven
Coffee maker
Toaster
Can opener
Refrigerator
Dishwasher
Microwave
Space heater
Electric blanket
Air conditioner
Hair dryer
Iron
Dryer
Lighting

2. What is an exemplar? - ANSWER ✔ It is an example / exact copy of the
product or item burned in the fire. It is for testing purposes.

3. What are some different explosion related injuries? - ANSWER ✔ Blast
pressure
Shrapnel
Thermal (burns)
Seismic effect injuries (building collapse)

4. What are the degrees of burns? - ANSWER ✔ First, red skin
Second, blisters

, Third, full thickness - burns all the way through the skin
Fourth, charring of underlying tissue like muscle and fat

5. What are methods of death in a fire? - ANSWER ✔ CO poisoning
Hyperthermia (heat)
Inhalation of hot gases
Other toxins / soot / smoke
Hypoxia (lack of oxygen)

6. What are the fundamental issues of a death investigation? - ANSWER ✔
Remains / Victim identification
Cause of death
Manner of death
Victim activity
Postmortem changes

7. What are the main motives for firesetting? - ANSWER ✔ Vandalism
Excitement
Revenge
Crime concealment
Profit
Extremism

8. What is vandalism firesetting? - ANSWER ✔ Willfull and malicious
mischief - often pressured by groups or peers

9. What is excitement firesetting? - ANSWER ✔ Thrill seeking
Attention seeking
Recognition
Sexual gratification

10.What is revenge firesetting? - ANSWER ✔ Personal retaliation
Societal retaliation
Institutional retaliation (school, church, etc)
Group retaliation

11.What is crime concealment firesetting? - ANSWER ✔ Murder concealment
Burglary concealment
Destruction of documents

,12.What is extremism firesetting? - ANSWER ✔ Terrorism
Riots or civil distrurbance

13.What are some things to examine in multiple confirmed incendiary fires? -
ANSWER ✔ Geographic area
Temporal frequency (time)
Materials & Method of firesetting

14.What are some indicators of incendiary fires? - ANSWER ✔ Evidence of
other crimes (crime concealment)
Indicators of financial stress
History of code violations
Owner with multiple fires
Over insurance
Timed oppportunity (civil unrest, natural disaster)

15.Other indicators that a fire is incendiary: - ANSWER ✔ Remote locations
Fire near service equipment / appliances
Removal or replacement of contents prior to fire
Entry blocked
Sabotage of fire protection systems
Multiple Fires
Trailers
Lack of fuel load / ignition sources
Exotic accelerants
Unsual fuel load
burn injuries
Incendiary devices

16.What is the difference between low order and high order explosions? -
ANSWER ✔ Low order = less than the speed of sound, pushing / bulging
damage, slow pressure rise

17.High order = faster than the speed of sound, breaking / shattering, long range
missiles, rapid pressure rise

, 18.What is a seated explosion? - ANSWER ✔ Seated explosions have a blast
crater in the center of the explosion. Generally caused by high explosives
like TNT, PETN, RDX, ANFO.

19.combustion - ANSWER ✔ chemical process of oxidation that occurs at a
rate fast enough to produce heat and usually light, in form of glow or flames

20.conduction - ANSWER ✔ heat transfer by direct contact

21.convection - ANSWER ✔ heat transfer by circulation via medium, such as
gas or liquid

22.diffusion flame - ANSWER ✔ flame in which fuel and air mix or diffuse
together at region of combustion

23.energy - ANSWER ✔ property of matter manifested as an ability to perform
work, by moving an object against a force, or by transferring heat

24.exothermic reaction - ANSWER ✔ A reaction that releases energy in the
form of heat

25.fire - ANSWER ✔ rapid oxidation process / chemical reaction resulting in
evolution of light and heat in varying intensities

26.fire dynamics - ANSWER ✔ The detailed study of how chemistry, fire
science, and the engineering disciplines of fluid mechanics and heat transfer
interact to influence fire behavior.

27.fire point - ANSWER ✔ The temperature at which enough vapors are given
off to support continuous burning.

28.flashover - ANSWER ✔ Stage of a fire at which all surfaces and objects
within a space have been heated to their ignition temperature, and flame
breaks out almost at once over the surface of all objects in the space.

29.What do fluorescent lights and HID lights have in common? - ANSWER ✔
They all have ballasts, which can fail and cause a fire.

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